Recycling cans

by Sarah Marsh

Wednesday morning’s work party began with members of the Friends of Southwick Country Park loading up Patrick’s trailer and his car with sacks of flattened aluminium cans to take to Shanley’s our local scrap dealer.  On their way, they paused to collect more sacks from Jim’s house.

I must point out that the vast majority of the cans come from outside the reserve. These days our visitors seem much more litter-conscious and we collect very few cans inside the reserve. Two very kind ladies from Southwick donate the cans they collect around the village and Jim, one of the Friends, collects while he is walking around Trowbridge. There were other sacks that came from various sources.

We unloaded at Shanley’s where the cans were weighed. We raised a total of £43.00 for the cans and some brass fittings from Ian. This might not seem much, but the Friends’ resources are small and every penny helps.

If you have cans or any other metals you would like to donate to us, please get in contact via email (friendsofscp@outlook.com) or Facebook messenger and we will come and take them off your hands. Thanks.